BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, May 16th, 2018 by Eckhart Tolle in A NEW EARTH

Posted on May 15, 2018 by jmaz479

“The greater part of most people’s thinking is involuntary. automatic, and repetitive. It is no more than a kind of mental static and fulfills no real purpose. Strictly speaking, you don’t think: Thinking happens to you. The statement “I think” implies volition. It implies that you have a say in the matter, that there is choice involved on your part. For most people, this is not yet the case. “I think” is just as false a statement as “I digest” or “I circulate my blood.” Digestion happens, circulation happens, thinking happens.

The voice in the head has a life of its own. Most people are at the mercy of that voice; they are possessed by thought, by the mind. And since the mind is conditioned by the past, you are then forced to reenact the past again and again. The Eastern term for this is karma. When you are identified with that voice, you don’t know this, of course. If you knew it, you would no longer be possessed because you are only truly possessed when you mistake the possessing entity for who you are, that is to say, when you become it.”

Eckhart Tolle, in “A New Earth”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, May 15th, 2018 by Paramahansa Yogananda, in THE LAW OF SUCCESS

Posted on May 14, 2018 by jmaz479

“Consider whether fulfillment of the goal you have chosen will constitute success. What is success? If you possess health and wealth, but have trouble with everybody (including yourself), yours is not a successful life. Existence becomes futile if you cannot find happiness. When wealth is lost, you have lost a little; when health is lost, you have lost something of more consequence; but when peace of mind is lost, you have lost the highest treasure.”

Paramahansa Yogananda, in “The Law of Success”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, May 14th, 2018 by Pete Koerner in THE BELIEF FORMULA

Posted on May 13, 2018 by jmaz479

“Open your eyes and look at the world around you with gratitude; it is all a gift from God. Even those parts of life you’d rather not see hold lessons or blessings for you. The traffic jam that you are stuck in, for instance, is keeping you from an accident that you would have otherwise experienced. The cold that you came down with brings you the day off you have needed, but have neglected to take. The relationship that ended abruptly opened the door for something bigger and better in your life.

Of course, if you see it as the end of your world, it just might be. People wallow in depression over such things and delay the good which awaits them. Mourn your losses, if you wish; it’s only natural. But then get on with your life and your miracle. You have asked for something and God is trying to give it to you. If you don’t like it, ask for something else. You have free will. That means if you want to see the world as a miserable place, you can. If you want to change it, you can – just do it! If you ask for it, it will be given unto you. This is a two way street. If it is given unto you, you asked for it, or it is one of the stepping stones on the path of manifestation.”

Pete Koerner in “The Belief Formula”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, May 11th, 2018 by Eckhart Tolle in A NEW EARTH

Posted on May 10, 2018 by jmaz479

“The source of all abundance is not outside you. It is part of who you are. However, start by acknowledging and recognizing abundance without. See the fullness of life all around you. The warmth of the sun on your skin, the display of magnificent flowers outside a florist’s shop, biting into a succulent fruit, or getting soaked in an abundance of water falling from the sky. The fullness of life is there at every step. The acknowledgment of that abundance that is all around you awakens the dormant abundance within. Then let it flow out.

When you smile at a stranger, there is already a minute outflow of energy. You become a giver. Ask yourself often: “What can I give here; how can I be of service to this person, this situation?” You don’t need to own anything to feel abundant, although if you feel abundant consistently things will almost certainly come to you. Abundance comes only to those who already have it. It sounds almost unfair, but of course it isn’t. It is a universal law. Both abundance and scarcity are inner states that manifest as your reality. Jesus put it like this: “For to the one who has, more will be given, and from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.”

Eckhart Tolle, in “A New Earth”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, May 10th, 2018 by Rhonda Byrne in THE SECRET

Posted on May 9, 2018 by jmaz479

In the moment you ask, and believe and know you already have it in the unseen, the entire Universe shifts to bring it into the seen. You must act, speak, and think, as though you are receiving it now. Why? The Universe is a mirror, and the law of attraction is mirroring back to you your dominant thoughts. So doesn’t it make sense that you have to see yourself as receiving it? If your thoughts contain noticing you do not have it yet, you will continue to attract not having it yet. You must believe you have it already. you must believe you have received it. You have to emit the feeling frequency of having received it, to bring those pictures back as your life. When you do that, the law of attraction will powerfully move all circumstances, people, and events, for you to receive.”

Rhonda Byrne in, “The Secret”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, May 9th, 2018 by Fr. Anthony DeMello S.J. in WALKING ON WATER

Posted on May 8, 2018 by jmaz479

“If you have problems with people get ready for a shock: there’s something wrong with you. There are no problems in dealing with human beings. If you change, everything will change. If you can bring yourself to let go, people will change. You aren’t seeing people as they are but as you are. If someone causes me to be bothered, and in a bad mood, there’s something wrong with me. I have to change!

How can I give someone the power to upset me? How can I give someone the power to decide whether I’m going to be happy or sad? If I give that power to someone, I can’t protect myself from the consequences of what I’m doing. In nature, there are neither rewards nor punishments, only consequences. You only have to grow and face them.

We have to have the courage to not let ourselves be manipulated. We are afraid to say no, we’re afraid to tell others to take care of their own life. If we don’t do this, there’s no way of avoiding the consequences of letting ourselves be manipulated.”

Fr. Anthony DeMello, S.J., in “Walking on Water”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, May 8th, 2018 by Chérie Carter-Scott, Ph.D. in IF LIFE IS A GAME THESE ARE THE RULES

Posted on May 7, 2018 by jmaz479

“Every person creates his or her own reality. Authorship of your life is one of your absolute rights; yet so often people deny that they have the ability to script the life they desire. They often use the excuse that they cannot do what they want to do or get what they desire in life because they lack the resources to do it. They look past the fundamental truth that it is not our external resources that determine our success or failure, but rather our own belief in ourselves and our willingness to create a life according to our highest aspirations.

You can either engage in the blame game, making frequent use of the statement, “I couldn’t because…,” or you can take control of your life and shape it as you like.You can either let your circumstances, be they you physical appearance, your financial condition, or your family origins, dictate what happens to you, or you can transcend your perceived limitations and make extraordinary things happen. The “yeah, buts…” do not produce results they just reinforce the delusion of inability. Argue for your limitations and eventually the universe will agree with you and respond accordingly.”

Cherie Carter-Scott, Ph.D. in, “If Life is A Game, These are the Rules”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, May 7th, 2018 by James Redfield, in THE CELESTINE PROPHECY

Posted on May 6, 2018 by jmaz479

“We are not merely the physical creation of our parents; we are also the spiritual creation. You were born to these two people and their lives had an irrevocable effect on who you are. To discover your real self, you must admit that the real you began in a position between their truths. That’s why you were born there: to take a higher perspective on what they stood for. Your path is about discovering a truth that is a higher synthesis of what these two people believed.”

James Redfield, in “The Celestine Prophecy”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, May 4th, 2018 by Marianne Williamson in EVERYDAY GRACE

Posted on May 3, 2018 by jmaz479

“Our problems in this world can surely be huge, but they are never as huge as God. The issue is never how bad things are, but how good God is. Hope lies in having more faith in the power of God to heal us than in the power of anything to hurt or destroy us. In realizing that as children of God we are bigger than our problems, we have the power at last to confront them. For all manifestation of fear is a reflection of the fact that humanity has forgotten its spiritual identity. In beginning to remember it, we put fear on notice that its days are numbered.”

Marianne Williamson, in “Everyday Grace”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, May 3rd, 2018 by Pete Koerner in THE BELIEF FORMULA

Posted on May 2, 2018 by jmaz479

“Why is it that so many people punish themselves by remaining in an uncomfortable situation past the point of realizing that they are not comfortable there? Take responsibility for your thoughts. You don’t create your thoughts, but it is the thoughts you choose to dwell on that create your future – so what future are you looking at? Those thoughts you dwell on are usually the ones you illuminate with words to your family, friends, and anyone who will listen.

When you give physical life to a thought by speaking it out loud, you have created a situation where others hear and begin thinking your thoughts. If you can see that thoughts are things, and you can see how telling others your problems and doubts only increases the number of people thinking (praying) that way, then you can surely see why your situation never seems to change. You are feeding it an awful lot of energy.”

Pete Koerner, in “The Belief Formula”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, May 2nd, 2018 by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer in REAL MAGIC

Posted on May 1, 2018 by jmaz479

“To develop a loving, empowering attitude toward yourself, restate everything that you dislike about who you are in positive, affirmative ways. Instead of being against your laziness, be for having more energy. By being for your energy, you will take actions correcting your laziness. By being against your laziness, you will stay angry and upset with yourself and thus weaken your resolve to change. This is true of your weight, your addictions, your entire physiology and all of your “bad habits.” Restate them in terms of what you are for and what you are capable of, and you will automatically empower yourself to correct them.”

Dr. Wayne W. Dyer in, “Real Magic”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, May 1st, 2018 by Triumph from the CD entitled JUST A GAME

Posted on April 30, 2018 by jmaz479

“The daily routine takes your soul,
lost without a trace.
It holds you down and turns you ’round
And puts you in your place.
Another day, another dollar, another pretty face,
Another chance to lose yourself in the empty space.

So hold on, hold on to your dreams,
Hold on, even though it seems
That everyone around you has their little schemes
Listen to your heart, and hold on to your dreams.”

Triumph, from the song “Hold On” on the 1979 album (now CD), “Just a Game”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, April 30th, 2018 by Fr. Anthony DeMello, S.J., in AWARENESS

Posted on April 29, 2018 by jmaz479

“Do not suppress desire, because then you would become lifeless. You’d be without energy and that would be terrible. Desire in the healthy sense of the word IS energy, and the more energy we have the better. But don’t suppress desire, understand it. Understand it. Don’t seek to fulfill desire so much as to understand desire. And don’t just renounce the objects of your desire, understand them; see them in their true light. See them for what they are really worth.

Because if you just suppress your desire, and you attempt to renounce the object of your desire, you are likely to be tied to it. Whereas if you look at it and see it for what it is really worth, if you understand how you are preparing the grounds for misery and disappointment and depression, your desire will then be transformed into what I call a preference.”

Fr. Anthony DeMello, S.J., in “Awareness”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, April 27th, 2018 by Neale Donald Walsch in CONVERSATIONS WITH GOD, BOOK 2

Posted on April 26, 2018 by jmaz479

“Neale Donald Walsch: You call our theologies insane but how can any theology work without a system of Reward and Punishment?

God: Everything depends on what you perceive to be the purpose of life and therefore the basis of the theology. If you believe life exists as a test, a trial, a period of putting you through your paces to see if you are “worthy,” your theologies begin to make sense. If you believe that life exists as an opportunity, a process through which you discover, remember that you are worthy (and always have been), then your theologies seem insane.

If you believe God is an ego-filled God who requires attention, adoration, appreciation, and affection and will kill to get it your theologies start to hold together. If you believe that God is without ego or need, but the creator of all beings, and the seat of all wisdom and love, then your theologies fall apart.

If you believe that God is a vengeful God, jealous in His love, and wrathful in His anger, then your theologies are perfect. If you believe God is a peaceful God, joyous in Her love and passionate in Her ecstasy, then your theologies are useless.

I tell you this: the purpose of life is not to please God. The purpose of life is to know, and to recreate Who You Are. In so doing, you do please God, and Glorify Her as well.”

Neale Donald Walsch, in ” Conversations With God, Book 2″

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, April 26th, 2018 by Stuart Wilde in AFFIRMATIONS

Posted on April 25, 2018 by jmaz479

“Having dedication is saying, “I am the power within. There is nothing I cannot do. There is no one to stand in my way. I am free and I will never quit. If it takes me 40 years, I will be there. Carnegie Hall, the Royal Opera House whatever. The fact that I cannot sing a note and that I sound like a frog in a bag is just an illusion. I will take lessons. I will be the greatest 94-year-old opera singer in the world, even if I have to live to be a hundred to achieve it.”…Many quit just before they hit the jackpot. Then they complain that the Universal Law does not provide for them, which is a bunch of rubbish. If you don’t have what you want, it means that you are still on the journey. You might be close to the goal, yet being close to the best restaurant is not dinner. You have to press on to that final glorious conclusion.”

Stuart Wilde, in ““Affirmations”

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